The Jeanie No. 6 Claim is a thorium mine located in Gunnison county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,409 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 9,409 Feet (2,868 Meters)
Commodity: Thorium
Lat, Long: 38.33167, -107.09194
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Jeanie No. 6 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jeanie No. 6 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Thorium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gunnison
District: Goose Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Neil Foreman And J.A. Mcgregor
Home Office: Powderhorn
Years: 1950 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 45741, 0.018% EQUIV U, 0.001% U, 0.06% RARE-EARTH OIXDE.
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 45739, 0.014% EQUIV U, 0.001% U
Analytical Data: OLSON AND WALLACE (1956) REPORT SAMPLE ANALYSIS OF 0.007% EQUIV U AND 0.03% THO2. ADAMS AND MOORE'S (1950) ANALYSES OF THREE VEIN SAMPLES: SAMPLE 45737, 0.007% EQUIV U, 0.001% U
Materials
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Rutile
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Apatite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): BASE METALS AND RARE EARTHS LISTED ABOVE ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES REPORTED FOR TH VEINS IN AREA; ALL MAY NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR AT THIS SITE.
Comment (Location): ON PROMINENT HILLTOP 0.7 MILE EAST OF COLORADO 149 AND ON DIVIDE BETWEEN WOLF CREEK AND MILKRANCH GULCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): THORIUM VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE ONE OF FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF TH OCCURRENCE KNOWN IN POWDERHORN-IRON HILL AREA AND ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO EMPLACEMENT OF LATE PRECAMBRIAN SYENITES NORTH AND WEST OF IRON HILL AND OF YOUNGER LATE PRECAMBRIAN OR CAMBRIAN CARBONATITES AT IRON HILL. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS FOLIATION IN TOLVAR PEAK GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK TRENDING N 70 W AT NE VEIN AND CURVING TO N 63 E NEAR SW VEIN. OLSON AND WALLACE (1956) CITE WALLROCK AS QUARTZITE AND SCHIST. ADAMS AND MOORE (1950) DESCRIBE VEIN LYING IN QUARTZITE WITH BASIC DIKE ALONG ONE SIDE. GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS TRACHYTE PORPHYRY DIKE TRENDING N 30 E AND LYING JUST WEST OF THE SW VEIN; SW VEIN TRENDS N 68 E, NE VEIN TRENDS N 30 E. ADAMS AND MOORE NOTED VEIN TO CONTAIN QUARTZ, LIMONITE, AND UNIDENTIFIED MINERALS. OLSON AND WALLACE CITE QUARTZ, HEMATITE, AND MINOR ACTINOLITE.
Comment (Workings): SEVEN SURFACE PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): OTHER MINERALS LISTED ABOVE ARE GENERAL OCCURRENCES REPORTED FOR TH VEINS IN AREA; ALL MAY NOT NECESSARILY OCCUR AT THIS SITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.
Reference (Deposit): HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 174.
Reference (Deposit): ADAMS, J.W., AND MOORE, F.B., 1950, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. USGS RR-94.
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